“Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss” — Won’t Get Fooled Again, The Who Other Machine Co. has officially changed its name to Bantam Tools in the wake of its acquisition by Bre Pettis (he of Makerbot fame/infamy). In terms of what’s...

I didn’t have a lot of time to spend with our new M3D Printer, but I did manage to make my first couple of parts with it: There’s a little bit of fuzz, but that’s pretty typical for 3D printers, especially at the low end… Close-up of the soft...

3D Printers are cool–they’re very fun to play with. But they have some drawbacks too. They’re slow, the quality of the surface finish on parts you print often requires a lot of extra work to smooth out, they can be finicky unless tuned up, and...

I’ve been spending time over on Reddit lately. It’s a great resource that uses the Wisdom of Crowds to curate content. What I mean by that is they not only vote content up and down, but they’re very strict about posting. Nothing too spammy or too...

3D Printer in a Case? Perfect decor for your Man Cave… When I saw this 3D Printer cabinet posted by lsloth over on Reddit I just had to share it here. Not only is it extremely cool, but it houses a Rostock 3D Printer just like the one CNCCookbook owns. The...

Mechanically inclined? Why my dear fellow CNC’er–that’d be you, of course! These little pint-sized kinetic sculptures are magnificently executed in paper and wood by Brad Litwin of Mechanicards. I don’t know how he does it, but each is an...